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    Spikerjack1965Hamilton Nolan
    2/13/15 11:09am

    Beautiful.

    This is the kind of emotionally-burdened, instinct-driven prose that separates the naturally gifted writers and journalists from the rest of the pack. A from-the-heart set of memories and thoughts brought to your readers when the absolute last thing you wanted to do was write this piece. Thanks for sharing.

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      Sean BrodyHamilton Nolan
      2/13/15 10:53am

      Good stuff, Hamilton

      He had the rare emotional capacity to make each of us his favorite, one by one by one.

      Not even close to the same thing, but he retweeted me a few weeks ago, and it made my Sunday.

      I was all "he got my reference", beaming. Happy as a dumb puppy, so I was.

      Even on Wednesday when I idly clicked on a Brian Williams/Jon Stewart story and then saw it was his byline, I just thought "Oh, nice one, I'm going to get the straight shit on this now."
      How many bylines give you a little frisson of serotonin anymore?

      I just thought he was the goddamn balls.

      RIP

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        LRonsCupboardHamilton Nolan
        2/13/15 11:26am

        This was lovely, thank you.

        As a journalist, I admired David Carr, who represented the best of our industry. He was engaging, he was honest and he was proud to be a journalist. And it showed in the exuberance of his writing. I didn't know him but I know I - and my fellow journalists - mourn his loss as though we did.

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          Beta MaxHamilton Nolan
          2/13/15 11:16am

          Thank you for this, Hamilton.

          I never knew David Carr, but I read the Times and followed his columns and video posts closely. I felt a connection with him, a sort of virtual kinship established through the stories and experiences that he shared, as I'm certain did innumerable others. And though I was never sufficiently fortunate to have ever met him in real life, I nonetheless feel his loss very personally today.

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            Ned FreyHamilton Nolan
            2/13/15 11:07am

            Now I feel like I knew him, thanks to this. I guess that's what the best eulogies should accomplish.

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              JohninLAHamilton Nolan
              2/13/15 11:14am

              I've never been struck by the death of a public figure the way I am with David Carr. He was so goddamn good at what he did; an immense pleasure to read.

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                DennyCraneHamilton Nolan
                2/13/15 11:00am

                I never met the man, but every time I read something he wrote in the Times, I felt like I did. For him to be able to do that - to be able to infuse his personality into even the driest of media stories - speaks to his unparalleled talent.

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                  Medieval KnievelHamilton Nolan
                  2/13/15 11:31am

                  Nicely done. He was an amazing writer (not just the appropriateness of his words themselves, but his perspicuity and synthesis of disparate elements), and one I never even considered might be gone so soon.

                  The fact that you traveled to Boston, of all places, at his request speaks volumes.

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                    stacyinbeanHamilton Nolan
                    2/13/15 11:06am

                    Thanks for sharing, Hamilton. I'm very sorry for your loss.

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                      Ken Yadiggit, AdiosHamilton Nolan
                      2/13/15 11:51am

                      This was effortlessly, beautifully written Hamilton. David Carr seems like the type of person I'd aspire to be in life. I'm so sorry for yours and all his loved one's loss, it seems as though it was a huge one.

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